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5 <br />TO:Chair Hawn and Orono Planning Commission <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />FROM: Paul Weinberger, Zoning Administrator/Planner <br />DATE:October 13,1999 <br />SUBJECT: #2527 Minnehaha Creek Watershed District <br />Between South Katrina Marsh and Hennepin County Road 6 <br />Conditional Use Permit <br />Summary of Request <br />Conditional Use Permit per Section 10.55, Subdivision 9. Hie Minnehaha Creek Watershed <br />District has applied for a Conditional Use Permit to permit excavation, dredging and disposal of <br />materials and restoration of a 1,250 foot section of Painter ’s Creek in Orono. Painter ’s Creek <br />between South Katrina Marsh and Count>- Road 6 has become obstructed by sediment deposits and <br />fallen trees. Recent complaints from neighboring property owners have been received due to the <br />sediment and logjams causing some minor local flooding. The MCWD has scheduled to dredge and <br />restore Painter ’s Creek this fall and winter. <br />The MCV.'D would be required to obtain temporary work easements for access to the creek and <br />complete the project. The scope of the project would include about a half dozen properties in Orono. <br />Storage of Excavated Material <br />The W’atershed District has been advised the material excavated can not be placed on private <br />property without the proper permits issued by the City of Orono. Individual property owners must <br />receive a land alteration permit for fill to be deposited on their lots. Over 500 cubic yards of fill on <br />any property requires an additional conditional use permit. <br />A large area around the creek is within the fioodplain. The Shoreland Ordinance would not allow <br />any fill to be placed within the defined floodplain (Floodway District). <br />Creekwood Trail <br />Creekwood Trail is a private road that is owned, controlled and maintained by the Painter ’s Woods <br />Homeowners Association. While the Cit>' has underlying road access and utility easements, the City <br />has not exercised its right to take the road as a public road. The applicant must gain approval from <br />the Homeowner’s Association in order use Creekwood Trail should it be necessary as a haul route. <br />lt:S27 MCWD <br />Conditional Vs* Ptrmll <br />I0/I3>99 <br />Pat* I